The cloud-based data-warehousing company Snowflake IPO will trade next week under the ticker SNOW. The IPO includes commitments from Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) and Salesforce Ventures part of Salesforce(CRM) . Berkshire will buy $570 million worth of shares in Snowflake. Participating in an initial public offering is an unusual step for Buffett since the normal…
Our retirement portfolio gained 2.77% in August 2020, which is below the S&P 500’s performance of 5.9% and outperforming Invesco’s High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD), which was up 1.81%. Since its inception in January 2017, this portfolio has returned 10.58% per year, which is well ahead of our dividend ETF benchmark (0.27%). The portfolio…
The ranking of the top 10 Dividend Aristocrats to buy today, is based on expected annual returns through 2025, so their 5 years future total returns. These 10 stocks represent attractive long-term buys for dividend growth investors. Estimating the expected 5 years future total returns are based on two main components for dividend growth stocks:…
The European Dividend Aristocrats are based (by S&P) on the 40 highest dividend-yielding Eurozone companies within the S&P Europe Broad Market Index (BMI). European Dividend Aristocrats managed dividends policy of increasing or stable dividends for at least 10 consecutive years, which is different from the US-edition. This article lists the current European Dividend Aristocrat constituents…
The Dividend Kings are the best in class with respect to dividend endurance. A Dividend King is a stock with 50 or more consecutive years of dividend increases. The Dividend Kings list can be a good source for selecting dividend stocks. While the S&P Dividend Aristocrats Index consists of over 60 stocks, which includes companies…
The Dividend Aristocrats are a select group of currently 63 S&P 500 stocks with 25+ years of consecutive dividend increases. These 63 are large, US companies that have historically provided (slightly) better performance and (slightly) lower volatility than the S&P 500 as a whole. By showing the recent performance of the Dividend Aristocrats, some active…
Last month we wrote in our newsletter: “At the moment, Total S.A. is a stock to be reconsidered based on the 5-year dividend growth number. In addition, competitor BP halves dividend as Covid-19 turmoil pushes this oil major to a huge loss of $16.8bn.” Total SA declared the distribution of the second 2020 interim dividend…
The dividend growth rate (DGR) is an important aspect when analyzing dividend stocks, not only to identify the best dividend growers but also to help dividend investor to keep up with inflation. Dividend growth means that the company should generate robust free cash flow. Free cash flow is defined as a company’s operating cash flow…
Sustainable investing and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies are even with the COVID-19 around a topic for investors to take into consideration. Globally, the percentage of both retail and institutional investors that apply environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles to at least a quarter of their portfolios jumped from 48 percent in 2017…
Multi-billionaire Warren Buffett and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway has taken stakes in Japan’s five largest trading houses, with a total value of more than $ 6.25 billion. These trading companies are: Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Mitsui, and Sumitomo. Berkshire Hathaway now owns more than 5% of each of those trading houses. The holdings were built up…